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Manhattan Community Board 9 197-a Plan

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From 2003 to 2007, Pratt Center worked closely with Community Board 9 Manhattan (CB9M) and the Harlem Community Development Corporation to craft a comprehensive set of recommendations to guide the future development of three neighborhoods in northern Manhattan: Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, and Hamilton Heights.
Keywords: 
Manhattan
zoning
preservation
job creation
affordable housing
land use
sustainable community planning
Pratt Center worked with local stakeholders to develop recommendations to guide development in three northern Manhattan neighborhoods.
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Community Board 9's plan for the area guided the local response to Columbia University's proposal to expand into Manhattanville. Pratt Center assembled a team to assist Community Board 9 in evaluating Columbia's own rezoning proposal for Manhattanville, including a review and analysis of the...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
Manhattan
Status: 
Completed in 2007

One City/One Future

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One City/One Future, a collaboration between National Employment Law Project, New York Jobs with Justice, and Pratt Center, developed an ambitious new vision for economic development, in which growth delivers living wage jobs, affordable housing, environmental sustainability, and livable neighborhoods.
Keywords: 
job creation
affordable housing
citywide
land use
zoning
sustainable community planning
The One City/One Future Blueprint was the product of four years of a diverse collaboration to make economic development work for all New Yorkers.
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It provided an urgently needed framework for recovery from the current economic downturn. A vision for shared prosperity, it put the needs and voices of communities front and center. Most crucially it...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
City-Wide

Brooklyn Navy Yard Study

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Revitalizing American manufacturing is increasingly recognized by leaders across the political spectrum as a core economic strategy to create well-paying jobs and spur economic growth. Cities throughout the US are testing new and varied ways to advance these objectives, and NYC’s Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY) is one such example.
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Brooklyn
local manufacturing
green jobs
zoning
urban manufacturing
land use
small businesses
job creation
The Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 300-acre active industrial park, is a model for sustainable industrial development and strengthening urban manufacturing.
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The BNY is a 300-acre active industrial park that houses over 330 businesses and 5,800 employees, and supports several key industries, including film, media, arts and culture, architecture, and design. City-owned and managed by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC, a...

Project Status: 
Archived
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Jen Becker
Location: 
Brooklyn
Status: 
Completed in 2015

Coney Island for All

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Vicki Weiner
Paula Crespo
Keywords: 
job creation
affordable housing
local retail
preservation
land use
zoning
Brooklyn
sustainable community planning

A coalition of community, labor, and housing organizations concerned with the future of Coney Island has joined in support of Coney Island for All: A Platform for Equitable Development, on which the Pratt Center for Community Development served as a key advisor.

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, April 6, 2009
Document: 
coney_island_for_all_platform.pdf

Building Greenways and Community in the Bronx

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Streetfilms produced this short film, which documents the planning and development of the Bronx River and South Bronx Greenways.

From Streetfilms: "The Bronx River Greenway...

Date: 
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Resource Link: 
http://www.streetfilms.org/building-greenways-and-community-in-the-bronx/
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Keywords: 
Bronx
land use
brownfields
sustainable community planning
green jobs
Audience: 
Communities
Source: 
Streetfilms

Brownfield Redevelopment Planning

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Brownfields – defined by the EPA as “real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence…of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant” – are littered throughout many of NYC’s low- and moderate-income communities.
Keywords: 
land use
citywide
brownfields
zoning
sustainable community planning
Pratt Center works with local organizations to plan for the sustainable redevelopment of brownfields in low- and moderate-income communities.
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The product of deindustrialization, disinvestment and abandonment, brownfields are a barrier to local economic development, sustainable open space and quality public health, in addition to a blight on communities’ landscapes and well-being. 

Pratt Center has been a longtime...

Project Status: 
Active
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Vicki Weiner
Paula Crespo
Location: 
City-Wide

Cypress Hills Verde Summit Major Themes Report

Keywords: 
Brooklyn
affordable housing
land use
community development corporations
sustainable community planning

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation’s (CHLDC) Project Verde is a multi-year sustainability initiative in Cypress Hills and East New York. As part of this project, Pratt Center provided extensive planning, research and technical assistance to CHLDC in the development of a Green...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Friday, November 11, 2011
Document: 
verde_summit_major_themes_report.pdf

Cypress Hills Community Wellness Survey - Key Findings

Keywords: 
Brooklyn
affordable housing
community development corporations
land use
sustainable community planning

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation’s (CHLDC) Project Verde is a multi-year sustainability initiative in Cypress Hills and East New York. As part of this project, Pratt Center provided extensive planning, research and technical assistance to CHLDC in the development of a Green...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Friday, November 11, 2011
Document: 
chldc_surveyresults_summary_final.pdf

Building a Vibrant Manufacturing Sector

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Tanu Kumar
Keywords: 
land use
urban manufacturing
citywide
local manufacturing
small businesses
zoning
job creation

This concept paper contains recommendations for how New York City can build a healthy, vibrant manufacturing sector. Any comprehensive strategy to diversify our economic base, create well-paying jobs and promote the city’s long-term environmental sustainability must both capitalize on the...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Document: 
industrial-policy_issue-brief_final.pdf

Fairness Coalition of Queens

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Keywords: 
Queens
affordable housing
land use
zoning
sustainable community planning
open space
parks
A diverse coalition is fighting to preserve open space and expand affordable housing in the face of several unaccountable development proposals.
Body: 
Background

The Fairness Coalition of Queens (FCQ) – an umbrella group of a dozen faith groups, immigrant and youth-serving agencies, and housing advocates – united in 2012 to respond to three contentious large scale development proposals that would have significant impacts...

Project Status: 
Active
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Elena Conte
Location: 
Queens

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